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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances
Amendment Bill 2008
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1
1 Purposes 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Principal Act 2
PART 2--PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES 3
4 Definitions 3
5 New Division 5 of Part II inserted 3
Division 5--Public health emergencies 3
22D When a public health emergency order may be made 3
22E Matters to be specified in a public health emergency
order 4
22F What a public health emergency order authorises 5
22G Extending, amending and revoking orders 5
22H Orders under this Division to be published in
Government Gazette 5
PART 3--SCHEDULE 8 AND 9 POISONS 6
6 New Subdivision heading and section 31 inserted 6
Subdivision 1--Introductory matters and records 6
31 Definitions 6
7 New Subdivisions 2 and 3 inserted 7
Subdivision 2--Notification of drug-dependent person 7
33 Notification of drug-dependent person 7
Subdivision 3--Schedule 9 poisons 9
33A Application for permit to administer, supply or
prescribe Schedule 9 poisons 9
33B Schedule 9 permit 9
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33C Offence not to comply with Schedule 9 permit 10
33D Offence to administer Schedule 9 poisons without
permit 10
8 New Subdivision 4 inserted 10
Subdivision 4--Schedule 8 poisons 10
34 Requirement to apply for Schedule 8 permit 10
34A Schedule 8 permit 12
34B Offence to administer etc. Schedule 8 poisons to drug-
dependent person 12
34C Offence to administer etc. Schedule 8 poisons to
person who is not a drug-dependent person 13
34D Exception to Schedule 8 permit requirement--
specified medical conditions 14
34E Exceptions to Schedule 8 permit requirement--
multiple practitioners at medical clinic 15
34F Exception to Schedule 8 permit requirement--patients
in prisons, aged care services and hospitals 17
9 Section 35 substituted 17
35 Offence not to comply with Schedule 8 permit 17
10 Subdivision 5 heading inserted 18
11 Secretary may specify medical conditions 18
12 New section 35B inserted 18
35B Composite forms 18
13 New section 142 inserted 18
142 Transitional provisions--Drugs, Poisons and
Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2008 18
PART 4--GENERAL 20
14 Repeal of Act 20
ENDNOTES 21
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Assembly
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
Substances Amendment Bill 2008
A Bill for an Act to amend the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
Substances Act 1981 to provide for the supply of drugs during public
health emergencies and to further provide for the supply of Schedule 8
poisons, Schedule 9 poisons and Schedule 4 poisons which are also
drugs of dependence to patients, including drug-dependent persons,
and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Purposes
The purposes of this Act are to amend the Drugs,
Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981--
5 (a) to provide for the supply of drugs during
public health emergencies; and
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(b) to make amendments relating to the supply
of Schedule 8 poisons, Schedule 9 poisons
and Schedule 4 poisons which are also drugs
of dependence to patients.
5 2 Commencement
(1) This Act, except Part 3, comes into operation on
the day after the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), Part 3 comes into
10 operation a day or days to be proclaimed.
(3) If a provision referred to in subsection (2) does
not come into operation before 1 March 2009, it
comes into operation on that day.
3 Principal Act
15 See:
Act No.
In this Act, the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
9719. Substances Act 1981 is called the Principal Act.
Reprint No. 8
as at
1 August 2007
and
amending
Act Nos
55/2003 and
16/2004.
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PART 2--PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES
4 Definitions
In section 4(1) of the Principal Act insert the
following definitions--
5 "public health emergency order means an order
made under section 22D and includes an
order extended, amended or varied under
section 22G;
serious risk to public health means a material risk
10 that substantial injury or prejudice to the
health of human beings has occurred or may
occur having regard to--
(a) the number of persons likely to be
affected;
15 (b) the location, immediacy and
seriousness of the threat to the health of
persons;
(c) the nature, scale and effects of the
harm, illness or injury that may
20 develop;".
5 New Division 5 of Part II inserted
After Division 4 of Part II of the Principal Act
insert--
"Division 5--Public health emergencies
25 22D When a public health emergency order
may be made
The Secretary may make a public health
emergency order if the Secretary believes it
is necessary to do so to respond to, or
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prevent, a public health emergency or a
serious risk to public health.
Example
A public health emergency order may be made in
5 response to, or for the purposes of preventing, an
influenza pandemic or the effects of a bioterrorism
incident.
22E Matters to be specified in a public health
emergency order
10 A public health emergency order must
specify--
(a) the public health emergency or serious
risk to public health to which the order
relates; and
15 (b) if the public health emergency or
serious risk to public health has
occurred, the location or a description
of the location where the public is
affected; and
20 (c) the persons or class of persons who
may obtain and possess, use, sell or
supply the poison or controlled
substance or class of poison or
controlled substance specified in the
25 order; and
(d) the poisons or controlled substances or
class of poison or controlled substance
to which the order relates; and
(e) the date on which the order comes into
30 force; and
(f) the period during which the order is in
force, not exceeding 6 months.
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22F What a public health emergency order
authorises
(1) A public health emergency order authorises a
person or class of person specified in the
5 order to obtain and possess, use, sell or
supply a specified poison or controlled
substance or class of poison or controlled
substance in accordance with the order.
(2) A public health emergency order authorises a
10 person to whom a specified poison or
controlled substance or class of poison or
controlled substance has been sold or
supplied in accordance with the order to
possess and use that poison or controlled
15 substance for the purpose for which it was
sold or supplied.
22G Extending, amending and revoking orders
(1) The Secretary may, by subsequent order--
(a) extend or further extend the period for
20 which a public health emergency order
is in force for a period not exceeding
6 months;
(b) otherwise amend or vary a public health
emergency order.
25 (2) The Secretary may revoke a public health
emergency order by subsequent order.
22H Orders under this Division to be published
in Government Gazette
(1) An order made under this Division must be
30 published in the Government Gazette.
(2) An order made under this Division comes
into force on the date specified in the order
or, if no date is specified, on the date of its
publication in the Government Gazette.".
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PART 3--SCHEDULE 8 AND 9 POISONS
6 New Subdivision heading and section 31 inserted
In Division 10 of Part II of the Principal Act,
before section 32 insert--
5 "Subdivision 1--Introductory matters and
records
31 Definitions
(1) In this Division--
hospital means--
10 (a) a public hospital within meaning
of the Health Services Act 1988;
(b) a denominational hospital within
the meaning of that Act;
(c) a private hospital within the
15 meaning of that Act--
but does not include a day procedure
centre within the meaning of that Act;
multiple-practitioner clinic means a clinic
where more than one registered medical
20 practitioner or nurse practitioner
practises or is employed;
notification of drug-dependent person
means notification required under
section 33;
25 prison has the same meaning as it has in the
Corrections Act 1986;
Schedule 8 permit means a permit to
administer, supply or prescribe a
Schedule 8 poison issued by the
30 Secretary under section 34A;
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Schedule 9 permit means a permit to
administer, supply or prescribe a
Schedule 9 poison issued by the
Secretary under section 33B.
5 (2) For the purposes of this Division, a
registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner administers, supplies or
prescribes a Schedule 8 poison to a patient
for a continuous period if the practitioner--
10 (a) actually administers, supplies or
prescribes that Schedule 8 poison for
that period; or
(b) supplies a quantity or quantities of a
Schedule 8 poison to the patient and
15 instructs the patient to take the drug for
that period; or
(c) prescribes for the patient a quantity or
quantities of a Schedule 8 poison
which, if taken in accordance with the
20 prescription, would be taken for that
period.".
7 New Subdivisions 2 and 3 inserted
For section 33 of the Principal Act substitute--
"Subdivision 2--Notification of drug-
25 dependent person
33 Notification of drug-dependent person
(1) A registered medical practitioner who has
reason to believe that one of his or her
patients is a drug-dependent person must
30 give a notification of drug-dependent person
to the Secretary if--
(a) the patient requests or seeks
prescription of a Schedule 9 poison; or
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(b) the practitioner intends to treat or is
treating the patient with a Schedule 9
poison.
(2) A registered medical practitioner must give a
5 notification of drug-dependent person
required under subsection (1) as soon as
practicable.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
10 practitioner who has reason to believe that
one of his or her patients is a drug-dependent
person must give a notification of drug-
dependent person to the Secretary if--
(a) the patient requests or seeks
15 prescription of a Schedule 8 poison or a
Schedule 4 poison which is also a drug
of dependence; or
(b) the practitioner intends to treat or is
treating the patient with a Schedule 8
20 poison or a Schedule 4 poison which is
also a drug of dependence.
(4) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner (as the case requires) must give a
notification of drug-dependent person
25 required under subsection (3) as soon as
practicable.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(5) A notification of drug-dependent person
must be in the prescribed form.
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Subdivision 3--Schedule 9 poisons
33A Application for permit to administer,
supply or prescribe Schedule 9 poisons
(1) A registered medical practitioner who
5 considers it is necessary to administer,
supply or prescribe a Schedule 9 poison to or
for one of his or her patients must apply to
the Secretary for a Schedule 9 permit before
administering, supplying or prescribing the
10 Schedule 9 poison.
(2) An application for a Schedule 9 permit must
be in the prescribed form.
33B Schedule 9 permit
(1) On receiving an application under section
15 33A, the Secretary may issue a permit to a
registered medical practitioner authorising
the registered medical practitioner to
administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 9
poison to or for a person.
20 (2) A Schedule 9 permit--
(a) must be in the prescribed form; and
(b) may contain any terms and conditions
that the Secretary considers appropriate
for the administration, supply or
25 prescription of the Schedule 9 poison.
(3) The Secretary may at any time amend,
suspend or revoke a Schedule 9 permit and
any permit which is suspended or revoked
ceases to have effect.
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33C Offence not to comply with Schedule 9
permit
A registered medical practitioner issued with
a Schedule 9 permit must not administer,
5 supply or prescribe a Schedule 9 poison to or
for one of his or her patients--
(a) other than for the period specified in
the permit for that administration,
supply or prescription; or
10 (b) in excess of the quantity specified in
the permit.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
33D Offence to administer Schedule 9 poisons
without permit
15 A registered medical practitioner must not at
any time administer, supply or prescribe a
Schedule 9 poison to or for a person unless
the practitioner--
(a) holds a Schedule 9 permit for that
20 administration, supply or prescription
to or for that person; or
(b) is otherwise authorised by or under this
Act to do so.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.".
25 8 New Subdivision 4 inserted
For section 34 of the Principal Act substitute--
"Subdivision 4--Schedule 8 poisons
34 Requirement to apply for Schedule 8
permit
30 (1) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner who considers it is necessary to
administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8
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poison to or for one of his or her patients
who is a drug-dependent person must apply
to the Secretary for a Schedule 8 permit.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a registered
5 medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner
who considers it is necessary to administer,
supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison for a
continuous period greater than 8 weeks to or
for one of his or her patients who is not a
10 drug-dependent person must apply to the
Secretary for a Schedule 8 permit.
(3) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner must apply to the Secretary for a
Schedule 8 permit if--
15 (a) the practitioner--
(i) has reason to believe that one of
his or her patients who is not a
drug-dependent person has been,
or is currently being,
20 administered, supplied or
prescribed a Schedule 8 poison by
one or more other practitioners;
and
(ii) considers it is necessary to
25 administer, supply or prescribe a
Schedule 8 poison to or for that
patient; and
(b) the total period of administration,
supply or prescription of a Schedule 8
30 poison to that patient would be a
continuous period greater than 8 weeks,
taking into account any period of
administration, supply or prescription
referred to in paragraph (a)(i) together
35 with the period of administration,
supply or prescription of a Schedule 8
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poison to or for that patient by the
practitioner.
(4) An application for a Schedule 8 permit must
be in the prescribed form.
5 34A Schedule 8 permit
(1) On receiving an application under section 34,
the Secretary may issue a permit to a
registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner authorising the practitioner--
10 (a) to administer, supply or prescribe a
Schedule 8 poison to or for a drug-
dependent person; or
(b) to administer, supply or prescribe a
Schedule 8 poison to or for a person
15 other than a drug-dependent person for
a continuous period greater than
8 weeks.
(2) A Schedule 8 permit must be in the
prescribed form.
20 (3) The Secretary may at any time amend,
suspend or revoke a Schedule 8 permit and
any permit which is suspended or revoked
ceases to have effect.
34B Offence to administer etc. Schedule 8
25 poisons to drug-dependent person
A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner must not at any time administer,
supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or
for a person he or she has reason to believe
30 to be a drug-dependent person unless the
practitioner--
(a) holds a Schedule 8 permit for that
administration, supply or prescription
to or for that person; or
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(b) is otherwise authorised by or under this
Act to do so.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
34C Offence to administer etc. Schedule 8
5 poisons to person who is not a drug-
dependent person
(1) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner must not administer, supply or
prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a
10 person who is not a drug-dependent person
for a continuous period greater than 8 weeks
unless the practitioner--
(a) holds a Schedule 8 permit for that
administration, supply or prescription
15 to or for that person; or
(b) is otherwise authorised by or under this
Act to do so.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), unless otherwise
20 authorised by or under this Act to do so, a
registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner must not administer, supply or
prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a
person who is not a drug-dependent person
25 without a Schedule 8 permit if the total
period of administration, supply or
prescription of the Schedule 8 poison to or
for that person would be a continuous period
greater than 8 weeks, taking into account the
30 total of--
(a) any period of administration, supply or
prescription of a Schedule 8 poison to
or for that person that the practitioner
has reason to believe has been, or is
35 currently being, administered, supplied
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or prescribed by one or more other
practitioners; and
(b) the period of administration, supply or
prescription of a Schedule 8 poison to
5 or for that patient by the practitioner.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner who has applied for a Schedule 8
permit under section 34(3) is authorised to
10 administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8
poison to or for a person who is not a drug-
dependent person in respect of whom the
application relates without a Schedule 8
permit for the purposes of ensuring
15 continuity of that person's treatment until--
(a) the Schedule 8 permit is issued; or
(b) the Secretary refuses to issue the
permit.
34D Exception to Schedule 8 permit
20 requirement--specified medical
conditions
Despite section 34C(1), a registered medical
practitioner or a nurse practitioner is
authorised to administer, supply or prescribe
25 a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is
not a drug-dependent person during a
continuous period greater than 8 weeks
without a Schedule 8 permit if--
(a) the administration, supply or
30 prescription of that Schedule 8 poison
is to treat that person for a medical
condition in the circumstances (if any)
specified by the Secretary in
accordance with section 35A; and
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(b) the registered medical practitioner or
the nurse practitioner has given written
notice of that administration, supply or
prescription to the Secretary.
5 34E Exceptions to Schedule 8 permit
requirement--multiple practitioners at
medical clinic
(1) Despite section 34B, a registered medical
practitioner or a nurse practitioner at a
10 multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to
administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8
poison to or for a drug-dependent person
without a Schedule 8 permit if--
(a) the treatment is provided at the
15 multiple-practitioner clinic; and
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to
another registered medical practitioner
or another nurse practitioner at that
multiple-practitioner clinic to
20 administer, supply or prescribe the
Schedule 8 poison to or for that drug-
dependent person; and
(c) the administration, supply or
prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is
25 carried out in accordance with that
permit.
(2) Despite section 34C(1), a registered medical
practitioner or a nurse practitioner at a
multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to
30 administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8
poison to or for a person who is not a drug-
dependent person during a continuous period
greater than 8 weeks without a Schedule 8
permit if--
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(a) the treatment is provided at the
multiple-practitioner clinic; and
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to
another registered medical practitioner
5 or another nurse practitioner at that
multiple-practitioner clinic to
administer, supply or prescribe the
Schedule 8 poison to or for that person;
and
10 (c) the administration, supply or
prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is
carried out in accordance with that
permit.
(3) Despite section 34C(2), a registered medical
15 practitioner or a nurse practitioner at a
multiple practitioner clinic is authorised to
administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8
poison to or for a person who is not a drug-
dependent person without a Schedule 8
20 permit in the circumstances set out in section
34C(2) if--
(a) the treatment is provided at the
multiple-practitioner clinic; and
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to
25 another registered medical practitioner
or another nurse practitioner at that
multiple-practitioner clinic to
administer, supply or prescribe the
Schedule 8 poison to or for that person;
30 and
(c) the administration, supply or
prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is
carried out in accordance with that
permit.
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34F Exception to Schedule 8 permit
requirement--patients in prisons, aged
care services and hospitals
Despite sections 34B and 34C, a registered
5 medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner is
authorised to administer, supply or prescribe
a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person
without a Schedule 8 permit if that person
is--
10 (a) a prisoner being treated in a prison for
the period in prison and a period not
exceeding 7 days after that prisoner's
release from custody; or
(b) a resident being treated in an aged care
15 service; or
(c) an in-patient being treated in a
hospital.".
9 Section 35 substituted
For section 35 of the Principal Act substitute--
20 "35 Offence not to comply with Schedule 8
permit
A registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner must not administer, supply or
prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for one
25 of his or her patients in respect of whom a
Schedule 8 permit has been issued--
(a) other than for the period specified in
the permit for that administration,
supply or prescription; or
30 (b) in excess of the quantity specified in
the permit.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.".
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10 Subdivision 5 heading inserted
Before section 35A of the Principal Act insert--
"Subdivision 5--General".
11 Secretary may specify medical conditions
5 In section 35A(1)(a) of the Principal Act, for
"section 35(2A)" substitute "section 34D".
12 New section 35B inserted
After section 35A of the Principal Act insert--
"35B Composite forms
10 For the purposes of this Division--
(a) the regulations may prescribe a
composite form which incorporates all
or any of the prescribed forms required
by sections 33, 33A and 34; and
15 (b) a composite form is to be taken to be
the prescribed form under each of the
sections referred to in the form.".
13 New section 142 inserted
After section 141 of the Principal Act insert--
20 "142 Transitional provisions--Drugs, Poisons
and Controlled Substances Amendment
Act 2008
(1) A notice given under section 33 as in force
immediately before the commencement of
25 Part 3 of the Drugs, Poisons and
Controlled Substances Amendment Act
2008 is to be taken, on and from that
commencement, to be a notification of drug-
dependent person for the purposes of
30 section 33 as substituted by that Act.
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(2) A permit issued by the Secretary under
section 34 as in force immediately before the
commencement of Part 3 of the Drugs,
Poisons and Controlled Substances
5 Amendment Act 2008 is to be taken, on and
from that commencement, to be a Schedule 8
permit issued under section 34A or a
Schedule 9 permit issued under section 33B,
as the case requires, and--
10 (a) may be amended, suspended or revoked
as if it had been issued under section
34A or section 33B, as the case
requires; and
(b) authorises the medical practitioner or
15 nurse practitioner to whom it was
issued before that commencement to
continue the administration, supply or
prescription of the Schedule 8 poison or
Schedule 9 poison to which the permit
20 relates in accordance with that permit
after that commencement as if the
permit had been issued under this Act
as amended by Part 3 of the Drugs,
Poisons and Controlled Substances
25 Amendment Act 2008.
(3) A notice published by the Secretary under
section 35A for the purposes of section
35(2A) as in force immediately before the
commencement of Part 3 of the Drugs,
30 Poisons and Controlled Substances
Amendment Act 2008 is to be taken, on and
from that commencement, to be a notice
published for the purposes of section 34D.".
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PART 4--GENERAL
14 Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on 1 March 2010.
Note
5 The repeal this Act does not affect the continuing operation
of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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